Elms College Business Programs

Located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Elms College is a private not-for-profit institution. Chicopee is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Where Is Elms College?

Contact details for Elms College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	291 Springfield St, Chicopee, MA 01013
Phone:	413-594-2761
Website:	https://www.elms.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/elmscollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/elmscollege

How Do I Get Into Elms College?

You can apply to Elms College online at: https://www.elms.edu/undergraduate-admission/how-to-apply/

Admission Requirements for Elms College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Elms College?

The acceptance rate at Elms College is 70%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 25% of accepted students are men and 75% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

About 59% of students accepted to Elms College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 590. Math scores were between 500 and 580.

Elms College received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 24.

Can I Afford Elms College?

The overall average net price of Elms College is $41,454. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Elms College, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $8,552 a year. That adds up to $34,208 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Elms College is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Elms College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,030 undergraduate students at Elms College, with 881 being full-time and 149 being part-time.

There are also 325 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 881 full-time undergraduates at Elms College, 23% are male and 77% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Elms College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	19
Black or African American	80
Hispanic or Latino	132
White	461
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	186

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Elms College. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at Elms College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Japan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Online Learning at Elms College

In 2019-2020, 606 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Elms College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 25th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Elms College

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Elms College was $38,391 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Elms College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Financial Planning & Services	#21	#21
Entrepreneurship	#30	#30
Entrepreneurial Studies	#33	#33
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#34	#34
Business Management & Marketing	#34	#34

Online Growth Rankings of Elms College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Elms College was 36.4%. This is the #695 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Elms College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Elms College ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Elms College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Financial Planning & Services	#4
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#16
Business Management & Marketing	#16
Finance & Financial Management	#31
Entrepreneurship	#37
Entrepreneurial Studies	#50

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Elms College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	15	0	0	15
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	15	15
Accounting	10	0	0	10
Other Marketing	4	0	0	4
Entrepreneurship	0	0	2	2
Financial Planning & Services	0	1	1	2
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	2	0	0	2
TOTAL	31	1	18	50

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By John Phelan under License

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